In a US News & World Report column, National Taxpayers Union President Pete Sepp details lawmakers' often convoluted and conflicting approach to tax reform, warning that a "taxing obsession" remains pervasive in existing proposals. Sepp writes that plans to tax foreign affiliate reinsurance activities, for example, would have considerable unintended consequences for the private sector, as confirmed in a recent study by famed economist Arthur Laffer.
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